type-token distinction
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
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The distinction between a type of something and an instance of it, such as city and capital city (type of city) versus city and Paris (instance of a city). (It is the difference between (1) hypernym and hyponym and (2) class and instance.)
— Without the type-token distinction being made, some silly thinking can slip through.
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An instance of this distinction being made.
— They're making several type-token distinctions in this paragraph.
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